What would you spend on?

Its hard to get excited for a new character that CG creates when you get 1 to 3 shards per day on 2 to 3 sim refreshes. Taking 4 to 12 months to just star a character in a collection game is crazy to me. I have already seen 3 ppl quit due to the hard node change alone, and to honest i am closer to quitting than spending money.

There has to be a better way where CG can earn there money, at a faster collection pace. Just wondering if there was anything the f2p community would spend money on in this game? Content, gear, raids, mods, currency, cheaper crystals.